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May 8, 2008

genkan what is it?

A Brief History of the tradition of the Japanese Genkan.By Makurasuki Sensei, Brett McCluskey

To say in Japanese that you used to ~ verb, (at regular intervals and at some point in the past) use the following construction:

I. (I/You/He/She/They/We/It) used to ~ verb.

I. yoku verb (base TA) MONO DESU.

The following examples will help you grasp today’s JPPGG construction. After you get a feel for how this grammar is made, just keep plugging new verbs into the verb area in Base TA and then continue playing by making your own unique and interesting sentences. And don’t forget to practice saying all your newly created sentences out-loud. Drilling and killing, or plugging and playing words into the constructions in this way are bound to improve your Japanese conversation skills quickly. Add grammar principles to your Japanese language arsenal, for your benefit to use any time necessary. Continue in the fold, studying, pondering, researching, cross-referencing so that all that you learn can be ingrained within you, ne’er to be lost in the space-time continuum. Keep plugging and playing until your friends tell you they cannot stand how much you practice your Japanese or until they say stop. But even if you start bugging people because you practice too much just keep telling yourself that the practice that I am doing will surely cause me to improve. Just keep practicing the grammar constructions and saying to yourself new sentences of your own creation until your friends or you go to sleep, whichever comes first. You want to get better at Japanese, don’t you? Well don’t bicker…do quicker! Here are some nice examples with an occasional ghetto phrase sprinkled in here or there to spice up the flavorful fun, so that you can have a good time studying Japanese.

1. When I was younger, I used to ride my bike to school.

Watakushi ga motto wakai koro, jitensha de yoku gakko ni itta mono desu. {As for I, in the more young time, by bike often school went thing is.}1

2. He used to cheat, but the teacher busted him, and now he is a good boy.

G.A.B. or the Ghetto After Blast – One point adviceThe Japanese verb nareru means, “To get used to” which is similar to the used to that you have been getting used to in this bunpo. Nareru is a really cool word, and you will hear it a lot in Japanese conversation.